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TIL Neil Armstrong's boots are still on the moon.

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bBQp TIL that genome sequencing technologies have become so advanced that computing power has become a bottleneck for DNA analysis and bioinformatics
DQXee TIL that Dellview, North Carolina is the smallest town in the state of North Carolina with only six people. It is so small that the town is considered inactive and almost all residents are related.
xVyPk TIL when Uranus was discovered it was called George for about 70 years
p865G TIL that all farts depend on your internal temperature, some just feel hotter than others.
p8X04 TIL that a micro-animal known as Tardigrade has survived all five mass extinction events.It can live in boiling water, solid ice and endure the intense radiation of space.It can survive a decade in a desert without a drop of water to drink as well as in the deepest trenches of the sea.